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B. P. POWERS, G. E. NEEDHAM & J. HAYES.

' ROOFING TILE. No. 296,616. Patented Apr. 8, 1884'.

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BENJAMIN F. POWERS, GEORGE E NEEDHAM, AND JAMES HAYES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO; SAID HAYES ASSIGNOR TO SAID POVERS AND NEEDHAll I.

ROOFING-TILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,616, dated April 8, 1884.

(No model.)

, To ali whom, it may concern Be it known that we, BENJAMIN F. Pownns, Gnonon E. NEEDHAM, and James HAYES, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Roofing-Tile; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

The roofing-tile above alluded to consists of a lozenge or rhomb shaped plate of metal, the fear edges of which are grooved on one side with a corresponding rib or swell, caused by the groove on the opposite edge or side, and longitudinally through the middle of the plate is a rib for stiffening the tile. One end or angle of the plate is bent inward, forming a hook, whereas in the opposite point or angle is a perforation. In one of the obtuse corners of the tile is a notch or lip, and in the corresponding opposite corner is a'perforation or nail-hole. Y

A further and more full description of the tile will be found in the following specification, and for illustration reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, making a part of the same, in which- Figure 1 represents four of the tiles as'they appear when laid. Fig. 2 is a detached View of a tile, showing the upper surface thereof. Fig. 3 is an edge view. Fig. 4 is a view of the lower end of a tile, showing the hook on the under side thereof.

LlkBlGht-GTS of reference denote like parts in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the tiles, all of which are alike; hence a description of one will answer for all of them. Said tiles are made of sheet metal and of the shape of a rhomb, as seen in the drawings. Along each edge of the tile is a-groove or corrugation, B, forming a bead. The groove or corrugation of one tile is adapted to fit upon the rib or the reverse side of the groove of another tile, as shownin Fig. 1, in which it will be seen that the edges of the tiles lap over upon each other the width of the bead or corrugation, which, when the tiles are laid upon the roof, present lines of ridges or ribs B. In one corner or obtuse angle of each of the tiles is made anincision, G. The metal on one side of the incision is forced slightly out from the plane of the plate, and the metal on the other side of the incision is also forced out, but in the reverse direction, as seen in Fig. 3, thereby forming an opening or lip, e, of the incision about the thickncss of the plate, for the admission of the hook D,terminating the acute angle or end of the tile, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In the angleE of the tile is a nail-hole, a. There is also a nail hole or perforation in the angle F of the tile, and a nail-hole just above the lip e, above described.

The practical laying of the tile is substarr tiallyas follows: Forillustration, let it be supposed that the tile 1 is first laid upon the roofboards or ribs for the roofing. By the side of said tile is then laid the tile 2, so that the grooved or beaded edge I) will lap over upon the beaded edge of the tile 1. Tile 3 is then laid so that its beaded or grooved edge a. will lap over onto the beaded edge of tile 1 in a corresponding manner to the tile 2. The corner H of the tile 3 laps onto the correspond ing corner of tile 2- and under the lip of said,

tile 2. Said lip is not shown in the drawings, as it is covered by the end H of the tile 4. The corner H of the tile3 being pushed under the lip prevents leakage at that point or lip.

The tile 4. is now laid as seen in Fig. 1, in

which it will be observed that the two beaded edges m and a of the tile lap onto the beaded edges of the tiles 2 and 3, and so on. The tiles are successively laid until the roof is wholly covered. The tiles thus laid are secured while they are being laid by nails driven in the corners through the nail-holes a. The corners of the tiles 1, 2, and 3 at H are nailed down together upon the roof-boards, whereas thelower corner, H, of the tile 4 is held down upon the fastened corners of the tiles 1, 2, and 3 by means of the hook D, Figs. 3 and 4, above described. Said hook, on laying the tile, is first caught under the lip e of the tile 2, and thereby held securely and firmly down upon the corners of the tiles 1, 2, and 3, previously nailed to the roof-boards, as above set forth, and at the same time covering the lip and the head of the nail, so that it is not exposed to the weather; hence there can be no leaking of the roof around the nails.

and a corresponding swell or rib on the opposite side, and having one acute angle of the tile terminating in a hook, and in one of the obtuse angles thereofan incision forming a lip,

substantially as herein set forth, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. POWERS. GEORGE E. NEEDHAM. JAMES HAYES. Witnesses:

. J. H. BURRIDGE, O. H. 'IURNEY, 

